Obama: Still Covering For BP's Crimes

June 6, 2010 (LPAC)—As oil from the blown out well in the Gulf of Mexico washes up on beaches as far away as Florida, President Obama can still do no more than defend himself. In his Saturday radio address, Obama declared "We are prepared for the worst, even as we hope that BP's efforts bring better news than we've received before." He then reeled off reams to statistics to "demonstrate" how much the government has done in response to the ever growing disaster. For its part, BP continues to be as concerned, if not more so, about its public image than the impact of the disaster. CEO Tony Hayward announced, that BP has hired American business executive Robert Dudley to guide the company's response to the disaster. Hayward said, in a conference call, that Dudley's job will be, among other things, to "help manage" the impact of the disaster on BP's reputation and "restore trust and confidence of BP in America." In point of fact, recent polling conducted at the behest of the Obama White House reveals that, as the result of the BP disaster, a large majority of Americans hate the British with a passion. How effective Dudley will be in deflecting that hatred is questionable. In 2008 he was booted out of Russia, while over there running a joint venture between BP and a Russian oil company, and he has been declared persona non grata by Moscow.

Not everyone is impressed with the President's latest efforts to show that he cares. When Obama arrived in Grand Isle, Louisiana, yesterday, he was greeted by one of his old campaign posters. Except instead of saying "Hope," it said, "What now?"